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Last few weeks have been very unusual, part 1
3 years ago
In a mostly-good way. You see, I had jury duty.
I first received notice back in May or thereabouts, and I was supposed to report in July. But since I was planning to go to Vegas with
cathyoak in early August I felt it would be a bit of a pinch. If the trial ran long then I'd have major problems making my vacation. So I pushed it back to the end of October.
(The Vegas trip, by the way, went swimmingly. Except my shoes were falling apart and had lost a lot of their padding, so my feet quickly started hurting. I have new shoes now, and walking is no longer agony even if I do it for more than a whole 30 minutes.)
Come October, just as I was preparing to put in for a week off work so I could do my jury duty, one of my coworkers announced she would take Monday the 17th off. But hey, Xodiac can cover; he usually does! At which point I had to rush in and say, nope, not this time, and explain that the 17th was the day I was set to begin my service. It was only a few days before I was going to put in a request for time off myself. So my boss kind of had to scramble to find someone to cover for the week. To make it worse, that coworker came down with Covid the week before, which really knocked her out of the running for covering my shifts or training a new employee to do so.
But they couldn't forbid me from serving on a jury. Worst they could do is transfer me to a new site, but that would still leave them with shifts that needed covering. So, kinda sucked to be my boss, I guess, but shit happens sometimes. I wound up training someone to take over temporarily while I was gone, and hoped it would only be for that week, which was slated for jury selection.
For that, I had to download and install Zoom, and adjust my sleep schedule to be diurnal (I normally work graveyards). The first was decidedly easier than the second. And then I had to await notice of when the meeting would be. I awoke at something like 6 am Monday and waited for an email inviting me to a Zoom. And I waited. And waited. Around noon, or maybe 1 PM, I finally got it. The meeting would be tomorrow (Tuesday). So I had lunch and took a nap.
So at 9 AM the next day I used Zoom for the first time. After a 2-hour wait, the meeting began. I got asked a few questions, and listened to other potential jurists be asked other questions. A couple of their answers were almost guaranteed to get them removed from the jury pool. And then it was over, right around 1 PM. We were told we would be notified on our status later in the week.
Wednesday, no notice.
Thursday, I learned I was selected for the jury proper. Service would begin Monday the 24th at 9 AM.
Crap.
I first received notice back in May or thereabouts, and I was supposed to report in July. But since I was planning to go to Vegas with
cathyoak in early August I felt it would be a bit of a pinch. If the trial ran long then I'd have major problems making my vacation. So I pushed it back to the end of October.(The Vegas trip, by the way, went swimmingly. Except my shoes were falling apart and had lost a lot of their padding, so my feet quickly started hurting. I have new shoes now, and walking is no longer agony even if I do it for more than a whole 30 minutes.)
Come October, just as I was preparing to put in for a week off work so I could do my jury duty, one of my coworkers announced she would take Monday the 17th off. But hey, Xodiac can cover; he usually does! At which point I had to rush in and say, nope, not this time, and explain that the 17th was the day I was set to begin my service. It was only a few days before I was going to put in a request for time off myself. So my boss kind of had to scramble to find someone to cover for the week. To make it worse, that coworker came down with Covid the week before, which really knocked her out of the running for covering my shifts or training a new employee to do so.
But they couldn't forbid me from serving on a jury. Worst they could do is transfer me to a new site, but that would still leave them with shifts that needed covering. So, kinda sucked to be my boss, I guess, but shit happens sometimes. I wound up training someone to take over temporarily while I was gone, and hoped it would only be for that week, which was slated for jury selection.
For that, I had to download and install Zoom, and adjust my sleep schedule to be diurnal (I normally work graveyards). The first was decidedly easier than the second. And then I had to await notice of when the meeting would be. I awoke at something like 6 am Monday and waited for an email inviting me to a Zoom. And I waited. And waited. Around noon, or maybe 1 PM, I finally got it. The meeting would be tomorrow (Tuesday). So I had lunch and took a nap.
So at 9 AM the next day I used Zoom for the first time. After a 2-hour wait, the meeting began. I got asked a few questions, and listened to other potential jurists be asked other questions. A couple of their answers were almost guaranteed to get them removed from the jury pool. And then it was over, right around 1 PM. We were told we would be notified on our status later in the week.
Wednesday, no notice.
Thursday, I learned I was selected for the jury proper. Service would begin Monday the 24th at 9 AM.
Crap.
Ainura
~ainura
I ont know if I'm lucky or not. I always get removed from the jury pools in criminal trials. Because my dad was a sherrifin Mississippi and a corrections officer in the county jail right next door to the courthouse. Even the judge Saud I wouldn't fit well in criminal cases but I'd do aright for a civil.. 40 years old still haven't been on a jury... Here's hopin to another 40! I doubt I could handle that stress.
Cohasset
~cohasset
Good luck tomorrow and hopefully it's at least an interesting case. Zoom is okay- I had to use it last year for some training at work. Certainly it's a better alternative than having to go downtown, even if taking a bus is usually a less stressful option than driving.
Xodiac
~xodiac
OP
Oh, the trial is over. That's why I'm able to post about it here. But while the jury selection was over Zoom, the actual trial was in person. I'll explain that in more detail when I get around to writing part 2. Perhaps later tonight.
Cohasset
~cohasset
I missed seeing about it occurring on Monday the 24th. Whoops on my part.
